Quote Originally Posted by Dzinerbear
The problem is that a lot of webmasters are doing the same things they did five years ago and expecting the same results.
See i dont see any problem there, i still build and market free sites the way i did 6-7 years ago, i still build and submit galleries, the same way i did 6-7 years ago and, occasionally, ill build and submit AEN sites, just as i did 6-7 years ago. Im not seeing any correlation between doing what i did back then and my figures being down, in fact, they are growing steadily.

The only things that have really changed when it comes to my site building efforts are some of the 'rules' of the places i submit to but, thats no biggie, i just add a couple more pics or make them a bit clearer.

On the other hand, im not using FHG's provided to me and every other affiliate out there, im not using the same hosted free sites provided to me and every other affiliate out there and, im not submitting to the same sites as every other webmaster out there.

There has to be a direct correlation between the sudden rise in 'free' promo tools the sponsors have provided affiliates in the last 2-3 years and the amount of affiliates saying they arent making what they used to make or, that it is becoming harder for them to make money because, quite honestly, other than that, i dont see how anything else in the industry has changed from what it is today, to what it was like when i first started out.

I mean, if an affiliate builds a TGP seeded with the same galleries the surfer has already seen on hundreds, if not thousands of other TGPs would that not be the primary place for webmasters to start looking if they arent making money like they should be?

Regards,

Lee